Reverend John Dennison Kingsbury was born in Hanover, New Hampshire on April 19, 1831. He attended University of Vermont and received his M.A. in 1852. He then went to the Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in 1856. Later on in life, the Andover Theological Seminary honored him with the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1887. His first pastorate was at the Congregational Church in Brandon, Vermont. His longest commitment would be in 1866 when he began working in Bradford, Massachusetts. He also was an executive member of the Congregational Home Missionary Society, work that would see him changing locations later on in his life. The society asked him to take general oversight of the society's work in the west. He continued that work until his death on November 11, 1908. This collection contains information related to the life of John Dennison Kingsbury. Included are correspondences, notes, histories and assorted poetry. This collection also contains information related to his great-grandson, Kingsbury Davis, and his attempts to gather the information that would become this intentional collection. Finally, there is a cassette and CD that contain the Rededication Service for First Congregational Church in Prescott, Arizona.